CRASH OF A LOCKHEED HUDSON
POSSIBLY IN SHOALWATER BAY,
NEAR AKENS ISLAND, QLD
ON 23 JULY 1945

On 23 July 1945 Lockheed Hudson A16-47, SU-R, of Lowood
Survey Flight RAAF was lost on a travel flight between Lowood and Bowen for an
inspection of detachments of Survey Flight. It was last heard of at Rockhampton.
An extensive search failed to find the aircraft or any survivors.

It is believed that it possibly crashed into
Shoalwater Bay near Akens Island in central Queensland. Its crew of two and five
passengers were eventually presumed dead.